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Today is Friday, Jan. 4, the fourth day of 2002, with 361 to follow.
The moon is waning, moving toward its last quarter.
The morning star is Jupiter.
The evening stars are Mars and Saturn.
Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn. They include folklore and fairy tale collector Jakob Grimm in 1785; teacher of the blind Louis Braille in 1809; shorthand writing system inventor Isaac Pitman in 1813; Charles Stratton, the midget known as Gen. Tom Thumb, in 1838; Sen. Everett Dirksen, R-Ill., in 1896; actress Jane Wyman in 1914 (age 88); Pro Football Hall of Fame coach and player Don Shula in 1930 (age 72); boxer Floyd Patterson in 1935 (age 67); actress Dyan Cannon in 1937 (age 65); author and former first daughter Maureen Reagan in 1941; R.E.M. lead singer Michael Stipe in 1960 (age 42); and actors Dave Foley in 1963 (age 39) and Julia Ormond in 1965 (age 37).
On this date in history:
In 1885, Dr. William Grant of Davenport, Iowa, performed the first appendectomy. His patient recovered.
In 1893, President Benjamin Harrison granted amnesty to all persons who since Nov. 1, 1890, had abstained from practicing polygamy. It was part of a deal for Utah to achieve statehood.
In 1936, Billboard magazine published the first pop music chart.
In 1951, Chinese and North Korean forces captured the South Korean capital of Seoul.
In 1974, President Nixon refused to release any more of the 500 documents subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.
In 1985, Israel confirmed that 10,000 Ethiopian Jews had been flown to Israel. Ethiopia termed the operation "a gross interference" in its affairs.
In 1990, deposed Panamanian Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega appeared in federal court in Miami.
Also in 1990, Charles Stuart, who said he and his pregnant wife had been shot after leaving a Boston birthing class in October 1989, committed suicide as police closed in to arrest him for the deaths of his wife and child.
In 1993, 25 people, including 18 Americans, were killed when their tour bus traveling on a rain-slick highway near Cancun, Mexico, crashed into a utility pole and burned.
In 1994, Mexican government troops are sent into the southeastern state of Chiapas to quell a rebellion by the previously unknown Zapatista National Liberation Army (ZNLA).
Also in 1994, several Eastern European nations asked to join NATO.
In 1995, the 104th Congress convened with Republicans in control in both houses for the first time since 1953. Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan, became Senate Majority Leader and Rep. Newt Gingrich, R-Ga, was elected Speaker of the House.
Also in 1995, CBS quoted the mother of House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., calling first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton a "bitch."
In 2000, President Clinton nominated Alan Greenspan to a fourth four-year term as chairman of the Federal Reserve.
A thought for the day: it was Frederick Douglass who wrote, "Without a struggle, there can be no progress."


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Geithner: 'Absolutely' willing to go off the fiscal cliff
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said Wednesday that the Obama administration was prepared to dive off the fiscal cliff if Republicans do not agree to raise tax rates on upper income brackets.
Geithner was asked on CNBC: "When it comes to raising taxes on the wealthy, those making more than $250,000 — if Republicans do not agree to that, is the administration prepared to go over the fiscal cliff?"
"Oh, absolutely," Geithner replied. "There's no prospect in an agreement that doesn't involve the rates going up on the top 2 percent of the wealthiest."
"The size of the problem in some sense is so large it can't be solved without rates going up," Geithner said about the country's fiscal challenges. "I think there's a broad recognition of that reality now."
It's the strongest statement to date from the Obama administration that they're willing to swallow the combination of spending cuts and tax increases that experts say could plunge the country back into recession.
House Republicans and the administration have been at odds over how to undo those tax increases and spending cuts — with the Obama administration insisting that only the lower and middle income tax brackets should be extended at current levels. Absent any action from Congress, taxes will go up on all taxpayers on January 1st.
"In some sense, it's a tax cut for all Americans" that the administration is proposing, Geithner said — noting that even the wealthy would benefit from tax cuts on their first $250,000 of income.
(Also on POLITICO: Fiscal cliff talks still in dark)
Geithner also blasted the GOP's recent counteroffer on the fiscal cliff as not specific enough.
"We don't actually know what the Republicans think they can do in that context yet, because they haven't told us," he said. "We don't know whose taxes would go up. we don't know the mixes of rates and limitations and deductions and loopholes that they would support."
UPDATE: Secretary Geithner has used similar language before, in an appearance on "Meet The Press."
"To go over this fiscal cliff, and because Republicans won't raise taxes, tax rates on the wealthiest two percent of Americans, would subject the average American to big tax increase and enormous damage from the other cuts that would happen in that context," he said.

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New York City (Sept. 10, 2012) — Labor Day has come and gone, but that doesn't mean your vacation fun has to end. Post-Labor Day travel can be a dream: smaller crowds, cooler temperatures, and off-season hotel deals are just a few fall bennies. Another great deal—and one that's available year-round—is a CityPASS® ticket booklet, which can save travelers up to 50% off combined admission to the top sights in 11 North American destinations. In addition to saving money, CityPASS travelers save time, skipping the main-entrance ticket line at many attractions.
So, before you go, check out what's new at these East Coast and Midwest CityPASS destinations for fall:
New York City
Stop by—if you dare—for "Spiders Alive!" (through Dec. 2) at the American Museum of Natural History. Intrepid visitors will be greeted by some of the most remarkable arachnids on the planet, including the Goliath bird eater, a spider whose prey includes birds, mice, frogs, and even snakes. If spiders aren't your insect of choice, head over to The Butterfly Conservatory. This annual seasonal exhibit, featuring a re-created tropical forest environment and more than 500 live butterflies, opens Oct. 6 and runs through May 28, 2013.
"Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years" is set to debut at The Metropolitan Museum of Art this month (exhibit runs Sept. 18-Dec. 31). For decades, critics have noted that Andy Warhol exerted enormous influence on contemporary art, but no exhibition has yet explored the full nature or extent of that influence. Some 45 works by Warhol—alongside 100 works by such leading contemporary artists as Cindy Sherman, Jeff Koons and Ai Weiwei—the show demonstrates both prime examples of Warhol's paintings, sculpture and films, and presents key ways in which other artists responded and reacted to his groundbreaking work.
A New York CityPASS ticket gets smart travelers into both these museums plus four additional attractions—Empire State Building Observatory, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), a choice between the Guggenheim Museum and Top of the Rock observation deck, and a choice between the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island or a Circle Line Sightseeing Cruise—at huge savings. New York CityPASS: $89 adults, $64 youth, 6-17. Saves 46% off regular combined admission.
Step into a Dr. Seuss classic when you journey along the "Trail of the Lorax" (through Nov. 25, 2012) at the Philadelphia Zoo. Using 3-D glasses, you'll follow a path of clues (left by The Lorax himself) that reveal the very true story of the endangered orangutan, and how it depends on its natural habitat to survive.
And, don't forget, fall is your last chance to paddle your way around Bird Lake in the zoo's famous Victorian swan boats (weather permitting). The boats go into hibernation at the end of October and won't reappear until April 2013.
The National Constitution Center will transport you back to the era of flappers and suffragists, bootleggers and temperance lobbyists, and such real-life legends as Al Capone and Carry Nation with "American Spirits: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition," Oct. 19, 2012-April 28, 2013. Spanning from the dawn of the temperance movement to the Roaring '20s to the unprecedented repeal of a constitutional amendment, this world premiere exhibition brings the whole story of Prohibition vividly to life.
Admission to both the Philadelphia Zoo and the National Constitution Center are covered with a Philadelphia CityPASS ticket, which also includes admission to The Franklin Institute, Adventure Aquarium, Philadelphia Trolley Works Tour and The Big Bus Company, the Academy of Natural Sciences (which can be visited in place of the National Constitution Center), and a choice between Eastern State Penitentiary and Please Touch Museum. Philadelphia CityPASS: $59 adults, $39 children, 2-12. Saves 50% off regular combined admission to the included attractions.
The Farmers' Market at Harvard University (Tuesdays, through Oct. 30) is a not-to-be-missed seasonal treat. Setting up just outside the Harvard Museum of Natural History (Oxford Street courtyard), the market offers fresh produce, baked goods, chocolate, cheese, jams, honey and more. Before or after your farmers' market experience, pop into the museum to check out exhibits such as "New England Forests" and "The Language of Color."
A Boston CityPASS ticket booklet will save you 49% off Boston's top attractions: Museum of Science, New England Aquarium, Skywalk Observatory, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and RevolutionaryBoston at the Old State House, which shares an option ticket with the Harvard Museum of Natural History. Boston CityPASS: $46 adults, $29 children, 3-11.
As of this summer, the Atlanta History Center ticket in each Atlanta CityPASS ticket booklet now includes a visit to the Margaret Mitchell House, located on the center's Midtown campus. Enjoy a guided tour of the apartment in which the famous author penned Gone With the Wind, followed by a peek at exhibits highlighting both the author's life and the movie version of her classic novel.
The fascinating, combative, extraordinary life of Genghis Khan will be on display at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History, beginning Oct. 5. Running through Jan. 21, 2013, this exhibit showcases one of the largest collections of 13th-century artifacts from the Mongol Empire ever to appear in a single showing.
Shave 45% off combined admission to the above museums with an Atlanta CityPASS ticket, which also includes admission to Georgia Aquarium, World of Coca-Cola, the Inside CNN Studio Tour, High Museum of Art (which shares an option ticket with the Fernbank Museum), and Zoo Atlanta (which shares an option ticket with the Atlanta History Center). Atlanta CityPASS: $69 adults, $49 children, 3-12.
If you haven't yet seen Shedd Aquarium's hypnotic "Jellies" exhibit, no worries. The wildly popular jellyfish exhibit has now been extended through 2013. So, there's still time to be mesmerized by these diaphanous creatures, which rhythmically pulse, gently drift on circulating currents, even ricochet around their custom-crafted habitats. And if you're one of the 1.3 million visitors who have seen "Jellies," don't think you've seen it all: look for a rotation of species in the coming months and a few additional surprises.
Next door to Shedd, The Field Museum is highlighting "Extreme Mammals" (through Jan. 6, 2013). Check out a fleshed-out model of Ambulocetus, a "walking whale"; an entire skeleton of the giant hoofed plant-eater Uintatherium, with its dagger-like teeth and multiple horns; and a life-sized model of Indricotherium, the largest land mammal that ever lived.
And you can do it all with a Chicago CityPASS ticket, which includes admission to Shedd Aquarium, The Field Museum, Skydeck Chicago (Fast Pass entry), a choice between the John Hancock Observatory (Fast Pass entry) and the Museum of Science and Industry, and a choice between Adler Planetarium and the Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago CityPASS: $84 adults, $69 children, 3-11. Save 50% off regular combined admission.
The world premiere of "Ultimate Dinosaurs: Giants from Gondwana" is now open at the Royal Ontario Museum. This exhibit features some of the largest and rarest dinosaurs to roam the ancient lands of Gondwana, which now makes up modern-day Africa, Madagascar and South America. These ancient dinos come with lots of high-tech razzle-dazzle, including "reactive walls." Using body-scanning technology, two large motion-sensitive digital murals depicting dinosaur habitats react to the presence of guests in the exhibit—allowing those visitors to become part of the experience. (*Additional fee for this exhibit.)
White lions have returned to the Toronto Zoo. These rare and beautiful cats have not been seen in the wild for more than 15 years, but you're guaranteed a sighting when you visit the zoo. The three white lions, which will be on display in a variety of combinations, are a permanent addition to the zoo's African Savanna family.
Each Toronto CityPASS ticket booklet includes prepaid admission to CN Tower, Royal Ontario Museum, Casa Loma, the Ontario Science Centre and the Toronto Zoo. Toronto CityPASS: $58.40 CAD, adults; $34.50 CAD, children, 4-12. Save 43% off regular combined admission to the included attractions.
For 15 years, CityPASS tickets have been a premier product for travelers who want to visit a destination's top attractions while enjoying significant savings of up to 50%. CityPASS ticket booklets, which have a 99% customer approval rating, are available for New York City, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Hollywood, Houston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, Southern California and Toronto. For more information, visit CityPASS.com.
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IGPO Home - International Graduate Programs Office
The International Graduate Programs Office is responsible for the cultural, social and academic integration of the international military students and their families into the Naval Postgraduate School. The office is charged with interacting with the outside agencies, military and civilian to accomplish the goals of the US Joint Security Cooperation Education and Training Program (JSCETP) and the Field Studies Program (FSP). Additionally, it is responsible for the International Sponsor Program and acts as the Command Sponsor to the International Executive Committee.Since 1954, over 5600 International officers from more than 110 countries have graduated from NPS. Many have gone on to achieve positions of prominence within their military services, governments, and private industry. The International Program at NPS serves as an integral link in establishing the long term military-to-military relationships between our U.S. and International officers.
About Us
In December 2014, the NPS international graduate program passed the significant milestone of over 5700 international graduates from 110 countries. We start 2016 with another diverse and unique international program. More significantly, over 30% of these students are enrolled in EXPANDED INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION and TRAINING (EIMET) certified programs to include Civil Military Relations and International Security, Stabilization and Reconstruction Studies, Regional and Strategic Studies, and several resource management curricula to include Acquisition and Contracting, Systems Acquisition, Logistics Management, Financial Management, Manpower Systems Analysis, and Information Systems Management.
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), founded in 1909, is a fully accredited university offering over 75 unique academic curricula to military and civilian members of the Department of Defense and our allies around the world. These graduate level programs are focused on increasing the combat effectiveness of our armed forces and coalition partners, and fully support the unique and emerging requirements of the defense establishment. All programs contain a military application, and are not duplicated at civilian colleges and universities. The uniqueness of NPS is further enhanced by an outstanding civilian faculty (98% with PhDs) and a motivated and talented multi-service, interagency and coalition student body. Each curriculum has a military sponsor (flag or general officer) who reviews the course content with our faculty and program officers every two years, thus enabling us to change and adjust our courses to quickly meet the current needs of the Dept of Defense and other governmental agencies.
Of note this year, the Computer Science Department is offering two cyber security certificates: Cyber Security Fundamentals (MASL P170026) and Cyber Security Defense (MASL P170027). Also there is now a 3 year Systems Engineering PhD offered (first student enrolled is from Bahrain). The Defense Decision Making and Planning Curriculum 687 has been replaced with a new Strategic Studies Curriculum 688 (MASL P179035. We will again this year offer a one quarter resident certificate program in Defense Planning beginning in December. Currently, this program has students from Bulgaria, Comoros, Ghana, Nepal, and South Africa. Finally, the International Masters in Public Administration: Strategic Defense Studies (I-MPA) (MASL P170007) will be accepting candidates this year for the first cohort, which will start classes in June 2014. See the section on Newest Course Offerings for course specifics.
We are also happy to report that we continue to offer most of our Distance Learning curricula and certificate programs to the international community. Normal academic requirements, admissions procedures, and funding requirements apply. For course titles and MASL numbers, check out the Distance Learning section.
The information contained on our website is designed to answer basic questions regarding admission, academic programs available and other pertinent information necessary to make an orderly transition to life at the Naval Postgraduate School. Don't hesitate to call or write if you require additional information. We look forward to supporting your needs, as our number one goal is for our students to enjoy their tours at NPS to the fullest!


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A fitness ball can be a great tool for toning your abdominal muscles (abs), as well as other core muscles.
Fitness balls — also known as stability balls — come in various sizes. Choose a fitness ball that allows your knees to be at a right angle when you sit on the ball with your feet flat on the floor.
To tone your abdominal muscles using a fitness ball, try the abdominal crunch:
Start with up to five repetitions, as long as you're able to maintain good form and technique. Over time, as you strengthen your abs and core muscles, gradually increase to 12 to 15 repetitions on the fitness ball. For most people, a single set of 12 to 15 repetitions can build strength and improve fitness as effectively as can multiple sets of the same exercise. Remember to breathe freely and deeply while using the fitness ball.
Edward R. Laskowski, M.D.
Original article: https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/fitness/expert-answers/fitness-ball/faq-20058070
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Throughout the Crew's 2013 campaign, Black & Gold nation showed their support in waves as Crew Stadium average attendance was the largest year-over-year percentage increase in MLS this year. Paul Kennedy of Soccer America reviews the Crew's attendance increase for 2013 in addition to League averages across MLS.
Crew Captain Federico Higuain has been named one of 32 candidates by FutbolMLS.com in contention for Latino del Año 2013. Voting for the award, given to MLS's top Latin American player of the year, begins Monday, November 4 with the rest of the field to be announced in the coming days. Pipa finished the year for the Black & Gold with 11 goals, nine assists and a team record six penalty-kick goals in 2013.
Adam Jardy of The Columbus Dispatch writes that "tough decisions must be made" regarding the Crew's roster and coaching search moving forward. Jardy examines how Interim Head Coach Brian Bliss factors into the Black & Gold's head coaching search and also offers his take on the impending roster decisions to be made in the off-season with several contracts set to expire.
Yesterday, it was announced that Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) president Michel Platini had publicly spoke in favor of expanding the FIFA World Cup draw to 40 teams. In response, FIFA Vice-president Jim Boyce is has made it known that he would be "very interested" to hear Platini's proposals moving forward. From ESPNFC.com's staff report, the Platini Proposal would call for "two more nations from Asia, Africa and North America, as well as one more from Oceania and Europe."


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Interview with Zach Gage
"Between the ubiquity of Internet access and the fact that data has no objective tangible form, internet users have long been plagued with the problem of determining the value of the content they are ingesting." - Zach Gage
Seen in a certain light, the core of technological mediation has always been presence, absence, and distance. Writing established the possibility of presence during absence, arrows and gunpowder created force at a distance, the telephone created presence at distance, and network computing fundamentally altered the nature of being "absent" or "present" to an almost unrecognizable degree. No small surprise then that contemporary "media art" practice seems to return to these questions as being fundamental investigations. The question of what "presence" could be was explored and expanded throughout the dawn of the internet age: Ken Goldberg's TeleGarden, Eduardo Kac's concept of Telepresence, Sven Bauer, Heath Bunting, to grab but a few names. Each possibility of a new field of entry, a new method of retaining, mapping, signifying, and storing, opened a rich possibility. Now fast forward fifteen years and ever-presence is exhausting, a nuisance that forever asks and returns only the vague rewards of a slot-machine and seems to fray our sense of privacy, meaningfulness, boundary, and perhaps even self. So how then to artistically respond to this? Exhibit: Zach Gage.
His works are at once sophisticated and remarkably simple, both in presentation and concept in a way that might be recognizable to Joseph Kosuth or Lawrence Weiner, rather than the Baroque conceptual complexity on display in much media art in the 90's. Computational art or interactive art has generally taken two tacks in dealing with the complexities of technology itself -- unabashed celebration and dystopian anxiety. At either extreme is the grandiose challenge of prediction: this possible or actual relationship to technology will lead to this consequence or benefit. The reality of living with technology is not only simpler but is often much more banal. The most refreshing element of Gage's work is how it asks us to do nothing more than consider what is. Working with the instantly familiar data sources, Twitter, Google, chat servers, at their simplest, his work often resembles a refreshingly sharp Occam's Razor taken to notions of the richness of data and networked experience.
His thesis show, "Data", is an extremely visually and thematically understated installation comprised of several pieces. Small wooden boxes, wires, and simple placards: none of the forced estrangement, hand-waving interactivity, or spectacle that one associates with computer arts. In particular, one of the pieces in the show, Hit Counter stands out as particularly poignant: a simple measurement of the number of times someone has stood in front of the work. Face recognition software is used to keep track of the actual viewers and the number is displayed on an old-fashioned mechanical counter. Gage states "with no other means to judge it, Hit Counter demands to be assigned a worth based solely on its popularity." But then, Hit Counter is not merely asking to be judged on popularity. It, like so many things in our media culture, is popularity. It's nothing else, and it's not any kind of popularity other than actual physical presence; a sharp reminder of the relationship between presence and popularity. No matter how many people hear about it online, what is written about it, what buzz is generated, it's a simple box that generates a number based on how many unique people have stood in front of it. I'm not sure whether I'm more struck by the concept itself or that I am so struck by the concept as an ontological exercise: something that simply is actual physical presence. It's odd that it is odd and, in that oddness, it is a stance closer to Sol Lewitt "Sentences on Conceptual Art" than many other re-interpretations of his legacy and ideas. Reformulating the simplest data object imaginable in the simplest terms has a markedly clarifying effect and in clarification is a rare kind of beauty. I spoke with Zach Gage about Hit Counter, as well as his larger practice.
Exploding Space: Conceptions of Space and Network in Interactive/Dynamic Architectures
An interactive architecture offers an explicit engagement for the user, a de-emphasizing of the architect; allowing anyone who enters the space to become at minimum a collaborator and in some cases a co-creator. The moment of the aesthetic of the collaborative, the utilitarian, the designed and empowering solution has arrived. In the histories of kinetic sculpture, video, installation, performance, littoral practices, there exist historical antecedents for interactive art practices. To the architectural, participating in the computational data rich experience and the interactive, presents a new escape, a new collaborative attitude, and an antidote to the static, extemporal, and spectacular that has dominated architectural thinking over the last 50 years.
The medium of architecture itself is changing, becoming a combination of spaces, networks, and agents both mechanical and organic. We already experience architecture as a shifting array of mediums. Architecture bloggers Stephen Becker and Rob Holmes winkingly named the iPhone as one of the most important architectural works of the first decade of the new millennium, arguing: "urban systems are defined most fundamentally not by structure and infrastructure, but by practice, action, and thought-process; what act has more significantly altered the practices and thought-processes of urbanites in the past ten years than the mass distribution of smart phones?" The Rhinoscript-ing of Parametric Architecture is most certainly, if nothing else, a demonstration that compelling notions of space can be generated by algorithmic processes. Architecture historian Beatriz Colomina argues in Architecture between spectacle and use that the fame of Mies van der Rohe is largely based on photographs of his work. The medium of architecture is already diffuse and complex. The interactive architectural environment simply extends that diffusion, integrating a dynamic system, an interconnected series of structures, situations, and objects that participate in the myriad ways that we consider and shape urban and living space.


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A convector is a heating surface that transfers heat mainly by convection. Convection is the process by which heat is transferred when cooler air flows over the warm surface of a solid material.
A convector consists of water-filled heating plates, fitted with corrugated fins, which create a very large overall surface area, thus increasing its ability to transfer heat to the air by convection. Over 90 % of a convector's heat energy is transferred to the air by convection.
Convectors are often used in locations where there is not enough space for radiators. The amount of heat energy transferred by a convector will decrease if installed in locations where airflow is restricted. The heat transfer will decrease by approx. 20–25 % when installed in a recess, and by 15-20 % if located just below a ceiling.
When a convector is fitted under a ceiling, there is also a risk of a large temperature gradient in the room, as a layer of warm static air forms under the ceiling. Lack of heat at floor level may be uncomfortable for the feet or increase the chance of floor draughts.


text: Do computer manufacturer produce different quality parts for different user, ie home vs industy? I'm at a Uni that has a contract with a big name company and they are over priced by over 500 dollars for the computer we want to buy. And the main arugment that I'm giving as to why we have to buy from this company is that we receive "special" industrial quailty computers instead of normal home computers. Is there anyting to this???


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Stinson sets Bisons victory
Prior to the start of the 2011 season, the Bisons rotation was tabbed as the strength of this year's club. In their second homestand at Coca-Cola Field, the Herd pitchers are delivering on those expectations.
Josh Stinson allowed just two hits in five innings of work as the Bisons topped the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, 4-2, on Friday night from downtown Buffalo. Jose De La Torre and Manny Acosta closed out the Herd's third straight victory.
The Bisons pitching staff has posted a 1.58ERA in the first five games of this homestand, allowing just 26 hits in 40 innings of work.
Stinson kept the solid work going with a gem against the rival IronPigs. The righty allowed just one run on two hits with a pair of strikeouts. Lehigh Valley got a run in the second inning, but never really threatened to score more. The I-Pigs did have two runners on base with two outs in the fifth, but Stinson retired pinch hitter Matt Miller on a fly ball to left.
De La Torre allowed a run in three innings of relief work before Acosta pitched the ninth inning for his first save of the season.
The Bisons had plenty of chances to score with runners in every inning. They left 12 men on base, but cashed in four runs. Lucas Duda hit a sacrifice fly and Ronny Paulino singled home Kirk Nieuwenhuis to give the Herd a 2-0 lead in the first.
Nick Evans singled home a third run in the fourth inning and Luis Hernandez cashed in Russ Adams for some insurance in the seventh.


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Hi everyone!!!
It has been a while since I posted here. I used to live in Dallas and shop at ScubaToys all the time but then my company moved me to New York. After that I've been here and there but a lot of time in Canada.
I kind of went a little nuts. I bought 9 scuba tanks (4 AL80, 4 HP100, 1 AL40), a drysuit, sidemount harness, 3 more regulators, etc.. Going diving on pretty much every weekend. Been to Mexico 3 times to go diving the cenotes. Next month I'm going to Cayman Brac and in April 2019 I'm spending the month diving the Philippines.
I used to be a regular on here but with work and diving I haven't been on any dive forums for a while. Who is still around? I still get newsletters from scuba groups in the Dallas area. Miss you guys.


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The Law Library of Congress (LLoC) has announced a new, less "text-heavy, easier to scan" home webpage at:
Two of the most-used LLoC products, Congress.gov and the Guide to Law Online, are more prominently displayed.
And the right-hand column contains the Twitter stream:LawLibraryofCongress
In general, there is a widened the webpage layout as well as improved search function from the addition of metadata and related facets.
For information on an earlier (June 2012) update, please see:
The LLoC also invites visitors to its blog, In Custodia Legis, at:


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Brey Named USHL Goaltender Of The Week
The United States Hockey League announced Monday that Sioux Falls Stampede netminder Art Brey has been named USHL Reebok Goaltender of the Week after going 2-0-0 with a 1.50 Goals Against Average (GAA) and a .954 save percentage in back-to-back wins over Green Bay.
On Saturday, Brey recorded his third shutout of the season in front of a sellout crowd at the Arena, stopping all 31 shots faced in a 3-0 victory over Green Bay. The Yorba Linda, CA native helped the Stampede complete the weekend sweep of the Gamblers by stopping 31 of 34 shots in a 5-3 victory. It was also the 35th win of his USHL career which began last season in Dubuque where helped lead the Fighting Saints to an Anderson Cup and Clark Cup championship.
Brey is 4-1-0 with a 2.20 GAA and a .928 save percentage over his last five starts. Overall on the season, he holds a 11-9-2 record with a 2.91 GAA and a .904 save percentage.
The Stampede are 5-1-1 in the month of February and return to action this Friday for an I-29 showdown in Sioux City against the Musketeers. The Herd return home on Saturday when they host Fargo at 7:05 PM.
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Please Note: The main points of the question below are in bold in order to minimize the time required to read the question.
Let me begin by stating that I understand representation theory is a vast and deep area with many different subfields. Of course, any learning roadmap request for representation theory would necessarily have many different answers or at least one answer with many different suggestions. I would be more interested in "mainstream topics in representation theory"; one could define this as "the set of topics which every serious representation theorist should know" (although even this is subjective and varies from subfield to subfield). Of course, I am happy for people to suggest topics which they feel are not necessarily "mainstream representation theory"; I would be interested in as many suggestions as possible.
I am interested in representation theory both as a branch of mathematics in its own right and as a set of tools and ideas which one may use to study different (either related or a priori unrelated) areas of mathematics (please feel free to interpret this in a broad sense). My background in representation theory is almost all of (and will soon be exactly) the contents of the book entitled Lie Groups by Daniel Bump. The interdisciplinary nature of representation theory dictates that I have reasonable background in other branches of mathematics; I think that I have such a background but feel free to assume as prerequisites any branch of mathematics when giving suggestions.
I am interested in studying representation theory beyond that which is covered in Daniel Bump's Lie Groups. In other words, I am happy for suggestions for topics that a potential representation theorist should know after reading Bump's book (this is the key point). Of course, I am also interested in hearing suggestions for topics that a potential representation theorist should know even if they are virtually disjoint from Bump's book. I am certainly happy for suggestions to take either the form of a textbook, research monograph, research paper, or some other form that I have not thought about.
I am not really interested in suggestions for topics that are already subsumed in Bump's book; I certainly do not object to such suggestions but they would not really be in response to this request. (You can view/download free and legally the table of contents of Bump's book at the following website: http://www.springer.com/mathematics/algebra/book/978-0-387-21154-1.)
Thank you very much for all suggestions!


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My biggest 'thanks for nothing' momentsPosted May 5th, 2009
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Well, I knew there would eventually be something I would like about aging . Swine flu is it. The LAST theoretical swine flu epidemic (at the cusp of the eighties) was my first official recorded WTF? moment. It was when I started keeping a list because after the panic over nothing much died down, along with the echoes of my resounding WTF?, I began to wonder," Does life not provide us with enough really scary stuff on a day to day basis that we need to do this for its entertainment value? Is it because we all watched too many horror movies when we were kids?" I don't really know. But I am referring now to the way that everyone embraces all these WTF? moments like a hypochondriac reading through the Merck's Manual, before there is any actual reason to take them on. After having lived through decades of BS at this point, I have come to the conclusion that the safest days of the year are the ones on which Nostradamus bestowed a prediction. Read more


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PSC Participates in $10M Gates Foundation Grant to Stop Spread of Infectious Disease
PITTSBURGH, August 19, 2008 -The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awarded $10 million to the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH) for the Vaccine Modeling Initiative (VMI), a research partnership involving the University of Pittsburgh, the Pennsylvania State University and Imperial College London. The objective is to help select new vaccines that will have the best chance of stopping global infectious disease outbreaks. Headquartered at GSPH, VMI also includes collaboration with Johns Hopkins University, Medecins Sans Frontieres Epicentre, the University of Georgia, and computational modelers at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center. PSC scientist Shawn Brown is a co-principal investigator on the project.
Simulation of an epidemic disease spread throughout the United States using tools designed by the VMI. The colors represent the following: grey is the population density, red indicates infected population, and green are the segments that have recovered from the disease.
View Video Simulation of a Pandemic in the United States
See the GSPH news release:
http://www.upmc.com/Communications/MediaRelations/ NewsReleaseArchives/2008/August/GatesVMI.htm
Coverage in Pittsburgh media:
Pgh Tribune-Review - Pitt to study ways to avert an epidemic
Post Gazette - Pitt gets Gates Foundation grant to study vaccines
WTAE-TV - Pitt Leads Supercomputer Study Of Vaccines To Control Disease Outbreaks
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CNN Money - Pitt to lead supercomputer study of vaccines


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Miranda July, Somebody, 2014 (still, featuring July). Video, dir. Miranda July. Courtesy the artist and Miu Miu.
"Texting is tacky. Calling is awkward. Email is old." —Miranda July
In Miranda July's 1998 experimental video The Amateurist, a young woman with a jet-black pixie haircut in a stiff professional dress (played by July) studies a TV set displaying a fuzzy surveillance feed of a blonde woman (also played by July), who is squirming in the corner of a small cell. While speaking to the camera, the pixied professional reels off all sorts of absurd quantifications and explanations of the surveilled woman's movements. She maps her emotions to a numbered grid, psychoanalyzes her behavior, quips about her habits, and consistently runs roughshod across boundaries between doctor and patient, subject and object, viewer and viewed, public and private, in what is ultimately an excessive examination without any apparent justification. Since the video was produced, July's body of work has expanded from video and performance to include online works, novels, and feature films—all of which attempt to dissolve boundaries between fictionalized personae, or between the artist and her audience. It's significant to note that July started out in the experimental-video scene of the '90s, since so much of her work is about how the adaptation of new technologies affects us on a very personal level. Regardless of medium, her works reflect how broad social changes inflect our most intimate relations.


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I'm Starting a New BlogI'm going to move Blessed are the Uncool to the garage for the known future, as I'm starting a new blog with Urbana.org.
It's called All Things New: A Conversation about Who We're Becoming. I hope you join me there.
Here's the introductory essay for ATN:
All Things New is about exploring our world with an attitude of big-hearted curiosity. This blog grows out of three distinct spiritual-intellectual turning points in my life.
1. Curiosity
At the age of sixteen, my father taught me the attitude of curiosity. We were in process of relocating to the United States, after several years in Switzerland. Destination? Wisconsin, a quiet state in the north-central part of the country. I was unimpressed. I had hoped for someplace exciting, as defined by an expatriate teenager whose window to America was Hollywood.
"There's nothing to do in Wisconsin," I told him. I imagined cheese, harsh winters, and the Green Bay Packers. None very compelling to me. "When we get to Wisconsin," my dad told me, "you're going to find people who live there by choice. They're not captives. Your job is to find out why."
With that short little instruction, my life was changed. I found tallgrass prairies and persistent ethnic neighborhoods. I found a major American regional dialect shift taking place; I found all kinds of foods I had never previously tasted. In short, I discovered that Wisconsin—and by extension the entire world—had far more treasure to it than I understood as a media-saturated adolescent.
Curiosity is no accident: it is a willingness to remain enchanted by the world, when disenchantment is the natural response. If, as Norwegian philosopher Lars Svendsen asserts in his small masterpiece A Philosophy of Boredom, boredom "contains a rejection of—or rather detestation of—God and his creation (p. 50)," curiosity is boredom's inverse. Curiosity and faith are intertwined.
2. Truth Grasped
A few years later, I was studying at the University of Wisconsin, a large and worldly institution dedicated to "ever encourag[ing] that fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found" (the school's motto). I was genuinely saddened and, well, disenchanted to discover: not all thinkers were interested in finding the truth. Many seemed more interested in critique.
Two thousand years ago a witness to the intellectual climate of Athens saw a similar situation:
All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing but talking about and listening to the latest ideas (Acts 17:21).
To rephrase in terms of my school, they were more interested in "sifting and winnowing" than in "finding the truth." They were dedicated to endless, rather than fearless, sifting.
Intellectual maturity, it struck me then and now, involves fearless sifting, followed by fearless grasping of what truth can be grasped. Skepticism, though useful as a tool for sifting and winnowing, can often paralyze the soul.
3. Big-Heartedness
Again a few years later, I was on staff with InterVarsity. An aging lion of the Civil Rights Movement addressed a national staff gathering, with a message of Christian humanism. Years of digging for truth had shown me the empty foundations behind humanisms of all stripes, which I confidently shared with my team during the subsequent debriefing time.
In return I received a stunning rebuke. My team leader bluntly warned me not to "become one of those people," those critical souls so dedicated to correct doctrine that they miss truth in disguise. She went deeper:
"You have a choice to make here. Every time you choose to criticize, you risk becoming more of a critical person."
To say that God and God's truth are bigger than comprehension is not to succumb to cynical relativism. No: it is to balance our search for truth with a willingness to grasp it even when it comes bundled with nonsense.
If the risk of broad curiosity is seduction by untruths, the risk of unbending insistence on orthodoxy is that of becoming an unbending soul.
A Conversation about Who We're Becoming
Okay, so what? Here's what I'm trying to accomplish with All Things New: I want to invite you—readers—to join me in this quest. I will unearth treasures—cultural, ecological, theological, and interdisciplinary—and try to share them with you.
I want to hear your thoughtful, big-hearted opinions, and I want you to read others'. Together we might discover something important.
I read a lot of books. I cross cultures daily, in my neighborhood and through my church. I take my kids on field trips to the park. I listen to missionaries' stories whenever I get a chance. Whenever my toe strikes something worth sharing, I'll let you know. Meanwhile, if you find a treasure of your own, that you want to discuss, let me know; I'll see what I can do.


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Tips to save money on home heating costs this winter
While the forecast for winter 2009-10 stands to be easier on homeowners' wallets than usual, you can save even more money by making energy-smart improvements and easy adjustments to your household routine.
Here are eight ways to reduce home heating costs to stay warm for less this winter:
- Seal out drafts: Eliminate air leaks and drafts around the house, and you'll trim seasonal heating costs by up to 20 percent. Sealant, caulking and weatherstripping are all easy to use, and they'll also help you earn tax credits on your 2009 return.
- Insulate heating ducts: Keep the warmth of your forced-air heating system moving in the right direction by sealing and insulating ducts. Pay special attention to duct work in unheated areas like attics, crawlspaces and garages, giving it a wrap with insulation that has an R-Value of 6 or higher.
- Schedule a tune-up: Natural gas, propane and oil heating systems create combustion deposits when they burn that build up and can make the system both unsafe and inefficient. Get the most out of your heating equipment by having it serviced at least once a year by a qualified professional.
- Clean furnace filters: Dirty filters slow air flow and make your heating system work harder, so ensure efficient delivery by checking and changing filters monthly during the heating season.
- Program for warmth: Install a programmable thermostat and set it to conserve heat while you're away from home, then warm things up before you return.
- Trim the cost of heating water: Keep your hot water heater's temperature at 110 degrees, and insulate the tank according to manufacturer instructions. Check out the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Savers guide for more details.
- Get free heat: During the day, open shades and curtains on west- and south-facing windows to usher in the sun's natural warmth, then close them once night falls.
- Reach for the star: Make energy-efficient choices for your home by looking for the Energy Star label as you shop for appliances, lighting, electronics, windows, doors and more.
Tom Kraeutler delivers tips on saving energyeach week as host of The Money Pit, a nationally syndicated home improvement radio program. He is also AOL's Home Improvement Editor and author of "My Home, My Money Pit: Your Guide to Every Home Improvement Adventure."


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Flames beat No. 1 ranked Ohio, split series
October 27, 2012 | Lynchburg, Va.
Cam Bakker scored on an assist from Rick Turner with 1:16 remaining in the third period to lift the Liberty Flames Division I men's hockey team to a 4-3 win over the top-ranked Ohio Bobcats Saturday night at the LaHaye Ice Center. The win snaps a six-game losing streak for the Flames and an 11-game winning streak for the Bobcats. Liberty comes away with a series split after dropping Friday night's game 3-2.
It was Ryley Egan who got the Flames started, taking a puck chipped ahead by Turner and ripping it past the glove of Ohio goalie Fedor Dushkin to give Liberty a 1-0 lead, their first lead since the Oklahoma game.
Liberty kept up the momentum as Steven Bellew scored his fifth of the year off an assist from Turner to put the Flames up 2-0 and ignite the home crowd.
The Bobcats were quick to respond as Michael Harris snuck one past Flames netminder Blair Bennett to cut the deficit in half, and one minute later, Diego Breckenridge tied the game on the breakaway. Turner put Liberty back up 30 seconds later, scoring his 22nd goal of the season.
Harris put a loose puck home for Ohio with 47 seconds to go and tied the game at 3 heading to the third.
Dushkin and Bennett worked hard in their respective nets to stave off a tie-breaking goal, including a huge save on a breakaway late in the third by Bennett. With little over a minute to go in the game, Bakker found the back of the net, which proved to be the difference in the matchup.
Bennett picked up the win for the Flames, making 32 saves to earn his fourth win of the season. Dushkin made 23 saves in the loss for Ohio.
Liberty returns to action at the LaHaye Ice Center Friday and Saturday Nov. 2 and 3 as the Stony Brook Seawolves come to town. Game time is set for 7 p.m.


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The Demontreville Jesuit Retreat House is located on the shores of Lake De Montreville in Lake Elmo, Minn. Each year, more than 3,000 men from all walks of life participate in retreats at the center. Retreats at Demontreville have one theme: to know, love and serve God in this world.
Each man enjoys a private room in one of six Dutch colonial homes at the retreat center. The chapel, dining room and lounge area are in the main building.
Retreats are offered on 47 weekends throughout the year, and the daily schedule includes four or five general conferences of approximately 30 minutes each. Conferences are based on the Spiritual Exercises and are followed by a free period to reflect on the matter presented and to apply the ideas to one's own life. Staff members are available during these periods for private consultation.
The Eucharist is celebrated daily, and the sacrament of reconciliation is also available. There are also daily opportunities to participate in the rosary and Benediction. Stations of the Cross can be made privately anytime during the retreat.
Strict silence is maintained throughout the weekend, except for an optional recreation period after dinner on Friday and Saturday. Being silent in a beautiful natural setting with no agenda and nowhere to go, waiting and listening for God to speak are key ingredients for communicating with God.


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The Hope College Music Department welcomes pianist and composer Yukiko Tanaka in performance on Monday, Feb. 16, at 7:30 p.m. in Wichers Auditorium of Nykerk Hall of Music.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
A native of Tokyo, Japan, Yukiko Tanaka has been active as a piano soloist and a chamber musician, and has performed in the United States, Canada, Spain, Italy, and Japan. Her performance repertoire covers not only classical music, but also Broadway music, and rock and roll.
At the age of four she began piano studies at the Suzuki Piano School in Tokyo. At age nine, she won the Suzuki Annual Piano Competition in which Dr. Shin-Ichi Suzuki served on the panel of judges. Since then she has performed in major Suzuki concerts with orchestra, in a piano duo and as a solo recitalist.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from UtahStateUniversity, where she was honored as Student of the Year 1998, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in music from Albion College, where she won many honors, scholarships, and the College Concerto Competition. Yukiko continues her studies with Maestro German Diez after having completed her master's degree in piano performance at the City University of New York Brooklyn College, where she was a scholarship student.
Nykerk Hall of Music is located in the central Hope campus at the former 127 E. 12th St. between College and Columbia avenues.


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Editor's note: The Journals will be profiling the self-declared candidates for mayor for the next several issues leading up to the DFL City Convention on June 15. This is the second profile in our series. We have profiled Mark Andrew and will be publishing stories in coming weeks on Don Samuels, Gary Schiff, Betsy Hodges, Jim Thomas and Cam Winton, an Independent candidate not seeking the DFL endorsement.
Jackie Cherryhomes said she has learned some lessons since her time in City Hall.
For one, she said she's become a better listener.
"They way I look at things is I'm not the same person I was when I left office 11 years ago — I should hope not," she said during a recent interview. "I hope we've all grown in that period of time. I want to take what I've learned both personally and professionally back to City Hall."
Cherryhomes, 58, served on the Council from 1990 to 2002, representing the 5th Ward, which includes neighborhoods in North Minneapolis. She was elected president of the Council her second term and held that post until she was defeated by Natalie Johnson Lee for reelection in 2001 by a mere 72 votes.
After she left City Hall, she launched a consulting business to help companies and developers navigate the city's bureaucracy and connect with community groups. Some of her recent clients have included Covanta Energy Corp., which runs the Hennepin Energy Recovery Center, and Mortensen Construction. She has since parted ways with those companies because of her mayoral bid.
"I've learned that we are not as business friendly a city as we could be," she said of her private sector work. "That is something I will bring to City Hall. I have learned that we need to have a more engaged citizenry. People need to be heard and have that opportunity to be heard."
She's said she's motivated to run for mayor for several reasons — both professional and personal ones.
"First of all, I've lived here all my life, and I see an opportunity to contribute what I've learned as a community organizer, as an elected official, as an engaged citizen and a private business owner," she said. "I've done all those things and I see the opportunity to contribute what I've learned back to the city to make it even better for the future."
Her 16-year-old daughter Emma Sipora Tyler is another source of inspiration.
"She sees firsthand commitment to public service, what women do and what it is to be a woman running for office," she said. "She sees firsthand you really can indeed make a difference."
Other critical life lessons come from time on the campaign trail, too, she said, such as learning to develop a thick skin in the face of criticism.
Top priorities
Cherryhomes said her top priorities, in no particular order, would be public safety, maximizing the value of public services for taxpayers and job creation/economic development.
Cherryhomes, a resident of the Homeward neighborhood (also known as Willard Hay) on the North Side, said her family has been impacted by crime.
"We had a couple of break-ins in our house when my daughter was 2, and then again when she was 6, and it left a huge, huge impact on her life to this very day," she said. "I take public safety personally."
She would also prioritize a high level of public services to ensure taxpayers are getting their money's worth — making sure the city's infrastructure, streets and curbs are in good condition.
"That's not the most exciting or glamorous thing to talk about, but at the end of the day, we're paying property taxes and everyone should be getting good services for what they are paying for," she said.
Cherryhomes said she was in the middle of studying the city's budget to come up with ideas on how to keep property taxes down.
"Property taxes are absolutely a number one issue because if we're going to attract young families to this city and help our seniors stay in their homes as long as they can, we need to make it a fair tax structure," she said.
Her other top priority would be job creation and economic development.
"For me the bedrock of everything is we have to find ways to get people employed," she said. "We have to increase our opportunities in manufacturing and jobs at all levels of government."
Kathleen O'Brien, former vice president of University Services at the University of Minnesota and a Minneapolis City Council member from 1982 to 1989, is supporting Cherryhomes' campaign.
O'Brien said Cherryhomes' strong community organizing skills, work ethic and ability to empathize and listen to people would be strong assets for her if she was elected mayor.
"She's worked on issues important to our city for 30 years," O'Brien said. "She has a very broad knowledge of the city."
Walter Rockenstein, a retired attorney and former Republican Minneapolis City Council member who served from 1974 to 1983, is also working on Cherryhomes' campaign. He represented the city's 11th Ward, which includes neighborhoods in South Minneapolis.
He said he believes Cherryhomes is the most qualified candidate because of her track record on the City Council, her work in the private sector with her consulting business and her experience community organizing in North Minneapolis.
He said he's always been able to trust her word, too.
"She doesn't always tell me what I want to hear, but I always know that when she says something, that's where she's going to be. You can trust that," he said.
Downtown development
While Cherryhomes and Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton were in office, they oversaw the city's purchase of Target Center to keep the Timberwolves in town and the redevelopment of Block E — a project that included a $39 million public subsidy and has since been the object of criticism.
Cherryhomes noted that despite the many vacancies in the entertainment complex, the businesses on the 1st Avenue side — Kieran's and the Graves hotel — are doing well.
"In retrospect, I think we made the best decisions we could make at the time," Cherryhomes said, reflecting on the original Block E deal. "Frankly it functioned pretty well until the latest owner bought it and cleared it out for the casino that didn't happen."
She said the building is designed poorly and needs to open up more to the street, particularly on the Hennepin side. She would also like to see the Target Center renovation move forward and connect better with Block E.
"I have come to have a much deeper appreciation for design and the power of design than I had before. That was not on my radar and now I have learned that design can really make a huge difference in how things work," she said.
As for the Vikings stadium, Cherryhomes was originally a proponent of building a new home for the team at the Minneapolis Farmers Market site.
Now that it will replace the Metrodome, she wants to see downtown's east side revitalized and better connections between the new stadium site and Target Field.
"The challenge is how do you bridge that great divide that has always existed between downtown east and the rest of downtown. I think we have a real opportunity with that public plaza to do that," she said.
Her pitch
When asked what sets her apart from the other candidates in the crowded mayor's race, she said she's got three major assets going for her.
"No one else in the race has the experience I have in community organizing. I have done it. I continue to do it. It is what made me successful as a council member," she said. "Secondly, I've done the job. There is not a whole lot of difference in responsibility between council president and mayor. … And thirdly, I've run my own business and I've worked with private sector businesses."
One of her proudest accomplishments has been her work fighting absentee property owners — both as a community organizer and as a council member.
"I did it so effectively that the landlords came and picketed my house to say how awful I was because I wasn't going to settle for people having inadequate housing and being take advantage of," she said.
She said she is also proud of her work fighting crime in North Minneapolis while in office. "I'm not easily intimidated, and I'm really tenacious."
At a glance: Jackie Cherryhomes
Age: 58
Neighborhood: Homeward (Willard Hay)
Family: husband F. Clayton Tyler and daughter Emma Sipora Tyler
Resume snapshot: Founded Cherryhomes-Tyler Inc. in 2002 (a consulting business); City Council member 1990-2002 (served as president from 1994-2002).
Education: bachelor's of arts degree, Augsburg College; reflective leadership program, Humphrey School of Public Policy and Affairs
Fun fact: In college she belly danced in a talent show at the Minneapolis Public Library.
Website: jackiecherryhomesformayor.com
Twitter: @CherryhomesMpls
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Those who rave presumably adhere to the values of PLUR: peace, love, unity, respect.
While attending Ultra Music Festival, we wondered if the fans' philosophical perspectives were broader than those four words. And also, had they, in their PLUR-verse, uncovered answers to existence's most puzzling questions? Were they simply nihilists in tutus, Christians in neon thongs? Or were they hauling around a map to the collective unconscious in their fanny packs?
Just like Monty Python did in that 1983 masterpiece, we bravely set out to explore the meaning of life, with high hopes of scoring the recipe for the universe. Here are the musings of Ultra's deepest thinkers on matters of the afterlife, existence, and how that all relates to dance music.
See also: Ultra Ravers' Ten Tips for Finding Love at an EDM Fest
The Absurdist
This raver hails all the way from Amsterdam. He arrived in a car filled with muscles to wear those cool-ass sunglasses in a roll-icking sea of strangers. We started out by asking him what he thought happened after death. "Not much. It's the same like now. It's just one vibe."
And what about being at Ultra stood out for him? The energy, the feeling of togetherness? "See all the snipers everywhere, that's fucked up, man. And they're dressed up like pigeons." And then this foreign bro cooed in street bird fashion.
See also: Ultra 2014's 25 Best Bass Faces
The Ethicist
This local lady was more than eager to address our superdeep queries. "I think the meaning of life is to help each other out, dude. I think we're all put here as a whole. It wasn't like one fucking person who came here. We're supposed to make it easier for each other. Have a good time."
And how can we maximize all that powerful energy? "Dude, be good to each other. What's all this shit that we have if we can't be good to each other?!"
We wondered what this longtime raver thought about Ultra and how it fits into the larger scheme of things. "It's gotten a little shallower. People don't really go for the connections, they go to take drugs and stuff," she concedes. "But being out here, everyone's joined by the music. We all come out here and agree that that shit touches us, so that's what we're here for. We're together to enjoy that shit as one."
Can we get an amen?
Carlos Bello, AKA Chicken Man or El Pollo Loco, is a sober yet stimulating staple at all Miami music fests. He arrives ready to rave and in full feather armor.
"Happiness, above all," is what's important to him in life. "Making sure I take each day one day at a time. I try not to worry, because in the end, it's just temporary and most things don't really matter as long as you're happy."
Not worrying seems a Sisyphean task! How does he manage that? "I try my hardest. When you're surrounded by great people, it's hard to be worried." But at the same time, he is a bit nihilistic about the afterlife. "To be honest, I don't think anything happens. You die, you die. Whatever you did on this earth stays, and you're gone."
And what he's leaving behind is El Pollo Loco: "It's my legacy!"
See also: Ultra Ravers Answer: What's in Your Fanny Pack?
The Wise Man
This cute hippy guy was carting around his girlfriend's hoops, a blue tail swinging between his legs. A fan of dubstep, he'd busted his brow while headbanging. But surprisingly, considering that preference for aggressive electronic music, he insists the most important thing in life is "joy at all times." And what gives him joy is "everything, life, humanity, hope, faith." And Ultra, he says, provides a life force through unity. "Everyone comes together and it gives us hope."
But what about the bad things that come along in life though? Not everything can give him joy, right? He admits, sagely, "You win some you lose some."
The Hedonists
"My teacher told us that the meaning of life is to live." The lovely local raver on the left revealed. Quite a simple approach to the big affair.
So how does UMF fits into the cosmic web? "It just brings out the best in people," the raver to her right believes. "It helps you breathe, and do whatever you want."
And definitely the PLUR was strong in that one. "It's all about peace, love, unity, and respect," she insists. "Everyone coming together and being able to listen to music and express ourselves."
See also: Ultra 2014's Top Ten Fashion Trends: Unicorns, Muscles, and More!
The Aesthetes
Though these Brooklyn natives living in Miami were rocking costumes of the extreme Mexican sort, they embraced a deep convo more than many others.
"I guess in a way, we're all one," the raver on the left muses. And his friend notes, "It's all about loving each other, that's pretty much the point of Ultra."
"Life is just positive energy," Lefty suggests. "Things moving in the right direction. We're these evolved beings that came from space dust and particles. It's all about people being together and having a good time. And it's more than that ... Peace on earth."
Ultimately, though, they were at Ultra for the music. "It makes you forget about life's regular problems. That is what this is for."
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All in all, it seems the ravers agree with Eric Idle's words in the final scene of Life of Brian: "If life seems jolly rotten/There's something you've forgotten/And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing."
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Under the terms of the agreement, IBM will provide hardware, software and IT services to support the bank in its rapid business growth and its shift from manual financial processes to real-time financial services.
With the new IT infrastructure, the bank plans to increase its number of accounts by 25 percent per year, launch 200 new ATMs per year and open 500 new branches over the next five years. It will also enable the bank to strengthen and extend its relationship with credit card providers such as Visa and Mastercard and roll out new mobile and internet banking services. CBE's account holders will benefit from reduced waiting times and a greater choice of banking channels and services.
The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia is Ethiopia's largest commercial bank with over two million account holders and 372 branches across the country. In recent years it has played a key role in the modernization of Ethiopia's banking sector and the launch of modern banking services. CBE was the first bank in Ethiopia to introduce ATMs in 2003 and was one of the first banks in the country to offer Visa cards in 2010.
"The Ethiopian banking sector is currently going through a major and rapid program of modernization and the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia is at the center of that work," said Mr. Bekalu Zeleke, President of CBE. "We have turned to IBM to help underpin our bank's transformation and provide the foundations for the further roll out of modern banking services for the benefit of our two million account holders across the country."
Previously the bank relied on a mixture of manual processes and IT infrastructure from HP and Sun; however, the system limited the bank's growth and plans to transform. The new IT infrastructure, which will be operational by August, is based on IBM Power Systems, IBM DS8800 disk storage system, IBM Tivoli and WebSphere software. IBM is also providing implementation and maintenance services as well as training for the bank's staff. As a result, the bank expects to increase the performance of its systems by 50 percent while reducing operating costs by 40 percent and power consumption by 50 percent.
"As the African financial services sector continues on a course of rapid transformation, IBM is working with banks to implement smarter systems that allow them to improve services to customers and strengthen their competitive position," said Tony Mwai, Country General Manager, IBM East Africa. "This is a strategic deal for IBM in Africa and supports our expansion in the fastest growing sectors and markets across the continent."
IBM has recently signed a number of other deals to provide smarter systems to the African financial services sector. For example, IBM is working with the National Microfinance Bank of Tanzania to help transform the bank's core banking systems. In Nigeria, IBM has signed deals with Union Bank, Intercontinental Bank and Finbank to deploy business analytics and service management software. In Namibia, IBM is working with the First National Bank (FNB) to provide a new core banking system based on IBM mainframe servers and in Senegal and Cameroon IBM has provided mainframe servers to the Ministries of Finance.
The deal in the rapidly emerging market of Ethiopia will help to further strengthen IBM's presence in the East Africa region as part of the company's expansion across the continent. Today, IBM has a direct presence in more than 20 African countries including South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Kenya, Tanzania, Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria.
About CBE
Established in 1942, the state-owned Commercial Bank of Ethiopia is the largest commercial bank in Eastern and Central Africa by branch network, with 372 branches and 68 ATMs nationwide. It is the largest commercial bank in Ethiopia by revenue and has over 10,000 employees.
For more information about Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, please visit: http://www.combanketh.com
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CBS is ready to unleash a reality take on "Lord of the Flies," quietly wrapping filming on a new skein in which a group of 8- to 15-year-olds will create their own society. Tom Forman, showrunner on "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," is behind the 13-episode project, tentatively titled "Kids' Nation."
Eye is expected to unveil the show Wednesday at its upfront presentation. It's unclear if "Kids' Nation" will land on the fall sked, but it wouldn't be surprising if it did.
Project was originally pegged for a summer debut but was held for the 2007-08 season after CBS execs became excited about its breakout potential. Eye's other reality staples — "Survivor" and "Amazing Race" — have been greenlit for two cycles and one cycle, respectively.
CBS reality guru Ghen Maynard has been feverishly working on nearly two dozen unscripted concepts for the Eye and cousin net the CW.
With "Survivor" and "Amazing Race" both aging, execs at CBS have made finding the next big reality hit a huge priority. Effort begins in earnest later this month with "Pirate Master," premiering on the same date "Survivor" originally bowed.
As for "Kids' Nation," skein will follow 40 kids for 40 days, observing them as they attempt to build a new society from scratch.
Rather than surviving on an island, the kiddies relocated to
Goal for the kids is to build a functional society. They have to pass laws, choose leaders and build an economy. People familiar with the project said the kids may also be given choices between things they need (food and supplies) and things they want (think Nintendo Wii).
Unlike most reality shows, there will be no mandated eliminations. Kids can go home when they want to.
Rather than weekly exits, each seg will end with a feel-good moment in which one kid is selected by his peers to earn a major reward.
CBS brass have kept the project quiet in part out of fear that the idea of the project — kids living sans parents — could kick up a media frenzy and threaten production before it began. By wrapping the show before its announcement, net will now be able to show off clips and perhaps quash some pre-broadcast controversy.
Eye also wanted to avoid giving potential copycats too many details about the project, mindful of many past cases in which rivals have ripped off each other's concepts.


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Orioles Honor Jason Schneider
The Baltimore Orioles on Thursday honored the life of police officer Jason Schneider. A moment of silence took place while friends, family, fans and the Baltimore Police Department remembered the life of the fallen hero. Schneider, a 13-year veteran of the force, was taken too soon after being killed in the line of duty.
In an emotional moment, Schneider's young son threw out the first pitch to Orioles slugger Chris Davis.
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Canonical Rolling Out Ubuntu Advantage for Enterprise Linux OS
Canonical, the lead commercial sponsor behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution, is gearing up to launch a new series of support and services offerings for enterprise desktop and server users. Canonical overhauls its Ubuntu Linux OS support services with the new Advantage solution, which offers legal indemnification, support and management services.
On Monday, Canonical is set to officially announce its Ubuntu Advantage program, which combines support, legal indemnification and management into a cohesive services offering.
The Ubuntu Advantage rollout comes as Canonical is growing its commercial enterprise push with a new Long Term Support (LTS) release and Landscape management server.
"Ubuntu Advantage replaces other support offerings. It is now our primary services offering," Fern Ho, Canonical's Ubuntu Advantage product manager, told InternetNews.com. "We do however still offer technical consulting and training services in addition to Ubuntu Advantage."
Ho added that Ubuntu Advantage is a support and services offering for any standard or LTS version of Ubuntu within its lifecycle.
A key part of the Ubuntu Advantage program is the inclusion of the Canonical Landscape management offering as an integrated part of the solution. Canonical recently upgraded Landscape to provide improved cloud and provisioning capabilities. Prior to the Advantage release, enterprises could have chosen to purchase Landscape separately from the support offering, but that's now changing.
"There is actually no longer the option to purchase Ubuntu support and Landscape separately," Ho said. "As these two services are together critical in ensuring efficient use and management of the Ubuntu platform, we decided to bring them together in a single offering for simplicity."
Ubuntu Advantage customers will also receive the assurance of indemnification from Canonical protecting them against any potential legal issues. The legal indemnification is the same that Canonical had previously been making available to its paying support customers. Rival Linux distributions Red Hat and Novell also both provide their enterprise customers with legal indemnifications.
"We have maintained this offering because we understand that it provides an important level of comfort and eases in the adoption of Ubuntu for many organizations," Ho said.
Another key component that Canonical is including as part of Ubuntu Advantage is support for Windows integration. Canonical recognized that Ubuntu is often deployed into networks where there are existing Microsoft Windows assets, which created additional complexity for its customers.
"This can be tricky to integrate so we help them overcome this integration hurdle with support and advice on best practices integration, making it even easier for all organizations to adopt Ubuntu as an alternative platform," Ho said.
The Ubuntu Advantage support offering is all part of Canonical's larger efforts to grow its commercial business. Ho noted that with Ubuntu Advantage, Canonical is not specifically aiming for feature parity with Red Hat or other enterprise Linux vendors.
"What we were aiming for with Ubuntu Advantage is to give enterprises an added edge in their use of the Ubuntu platform," Ho said. "To continue to support the position of Ubuntu as an alternative Linux platform, we wanted to provide businesses with all the necessary tools, knowledge and services in order for them to effectively and comfortably use Ubuntu to support business-critical workloads. We wanted to do this as simply as possible for businesses, so we created Ubuntu Advantage as a single service that provides all these things."
Sean Michael Kerner is a senior editor at InternetNews.com, the news service of Internet.com, the network for technology professionals.